Doctor busts the five second rule myth and reveals the kitchen counter is much dirtier indiana professor aaron carroll says he eats.
Dropped pizza on the floor.
With so many meals consumed at home these days there are bound to be mishaps such as a spilled glass of milk or a sandwich dropped on the floor.
Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.
I think yes because the oven is like 500 degrees and th epizza is that temperature i doubt that bacteria could live on that pizza.
No it s never a good idea to eat food that has been dropped.
So if you eat the food you ve dropped you re also eating any bacteria the food picked up.
And it s probably not a new one either.
In fact he goes further.
And it s probably not a new one either.
When you drop a piece of food on the floor any bacteria living on the floor will adhere to it.
And foods with wet surfaces like an apple slice pick up bacteria even more easily than things like a cookie.
My nice hot pizza just came out of the oven and i was walking it home and it fell on the cement floor in the street on the bread side so nothing was sticking onto the floor.
Most of the time even licking your floor or your toilet seat is unlikely to make you sick.
So it s a good time to revisit the age old 5 second rule this isn t the in bounding rule in basketball but a food hygiene standard in some households that states that there is a defined window where it is permissible to pick up food or.
If i dropped it into a plague pit no i wouldn t pick it up he clarifies.
Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.
Even food that s.
The 5 second rule is just wishful thinking bacteria can attach to food as soon as it hits the floor.